Journal article
Comparison of open science portals of India: web accessibility study
COLLECTION AND CURATION, v 43(3), pp 94-102
11 Jun 2024
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to compare ten Open Science Portals in India. The comparison is made using the three primary parameters of accessibility, search engine optimization (SEO) and performance. This study aims to investigate whether the ten selected web portals efficiently meet the web accessibility requirements of the large population at an acceptable rate.Design/methodology/approachThis study was performed by using the Siteimprove web tool to collect information about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. The online accessibility tools provided by Siteimprove make it simple to comply with and follow the global WCAG at all compliance levels. This study selected ten web portals taking into account the open accessibility and the web portals offered by the Indian Government to promote research and innovation.FindingsThe findings of this research will be beneficial for the government website designers, managers and administrators to assess their website's level of compliance with accepted accessibility standards so they can make tactical choices to increase accessibility.Originality/valueThis study highlights the portals' robust characteristic features and downsides, where improvement may be required. It also focused on how these portals help in promoting citizen science and public understanding of science nationwide.
Metrics
15 Record Views
Details
- Title
- Comparison of open science portals of India: web accessibility study
- Creators
- Suman Das - Indian Institute of Technology IndoreAnup Kumar Das - Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityShipra Awasthi - Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityManorama Tripathi - Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Publication Details
- COLLECTION AND CURATION, v 43(3), pp 94-102
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001238456300001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85195056970
- Other Identifier
- 991021891314904721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Information Science & Library Science